Beyoncé Giselle Knowles

Beyonce Giselle Knowles was born on September 4, 1981, in Houston, Texas. Tina Knowles, her mom is the one who designs the glittery costumes as well as Mathew Knowles, Destiny's child's manager. Solange her sister (4 years separated by four years) released her debut album. She dances with her big sister at DC-3 performances. Beyonce's Louisiana Creole & African descent. Whitney Houston found her and her group. Lovefool The song, performed by The Cardigans, is her favorite song. An elegant pair of path work boots is her favorite piece of clothes. She writes & produces many songs for the group which include smash hits like "Jumpin Jumpin", "Bootylicious", "Nasty Girl", "Independent Women", "Happy Face" and "Apple Pie a la Mode". The lead singer of the group Destiny's Child. She opened for Christina Aguilera in 2000. The tour was with TLC as their opening act (1999). Master P is a cat. She was a student at the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Houston, Texas. Solange is Nixon & Koi Knowles' older half-sister. Star Search (1983) - The singer-songwriter once made an appearance. She was the first African-American woman ever to receive the ASCAP Pop Songwriter of the Year Award in 2001. She is a great fan of Middle Eastern music, dance and culture. Her most popular hit song is her song "Crazy in Love", which she released in 2003. Performances on awards shows include the Radio Music Awards, MTV Europe Video Music Awards, and Billboard Awards. She also performed at an South African AIDS benefit show in November 2003. The event was hosted by Bono of U2 in order to tackle the AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa. She took home five Grammy Awards for her song "Dangerously in Love" (February 8 of 2004). Her father, Mathew, is of African-American descent. Tina is of Louisiana Creole descent. Her ancestors include African as well as French and include ancestors from Louisiana and Canada. Beyonce is also 1/32 Irish and her maternal line is a distant Breton-, Spanish-, Indonesian-, and Chinese roots. The singer has been quoted as saying that she began the stage show "Sasha" in order to conquer her shyness.